Xbox One owners who happen to have a Xbox Live Gold membership will be treated to a free copy of #IDARB (It Draws A Red Box) this month as part of Microsoft's Games with Gold promotion.

Featuring one of the most unique concepts that we have seen in a long time, this is one game that Xbox One owners will want to be sure to pick up.

As for Xbox 360 owners, starting on February 1st, if you have a Xbox Live Gold membership, you will be able to download Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons for free till the 15th of February. On the 16th you will be able to download Sniper Elite V2 which will continue to be free for download till the 28th.

Did you happen to see that Simpsons episode where the family was turned into Minecraft avatars?

Well, for $1.99 this February you can add Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, and 17 more characters from the series to your Minecraft creations.

The Simpsons content pack for Minecraft will arrive on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One in late February. The characters use custom models to help keep their polygonal form. From what we understand the Simpsons Content Pack will arrive for other Minecraft platforms at a later date, but so far we have no official confirmation that this is the case.

The Microsoft Games with Gold offerings on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One have been confirmed for November. There is still time however to quickly snatch Darksiders 2 for Xbox 360 and Chariot on the Xbox One if you act before Saturday.

This month Xbox 360 Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to get Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise until the 16th of November when it will be replaced with Red Faction: Guerrilla which will be free for Xbox 360 Gold subscribers till the end of the month.

Again this month, Xbox One subscribers will be treated to only one offering which will be Volgarr the Viking which is an ID@Xbox that is making its console debut after a successful launch on the PC back in September of 2013. Xbox One users that are Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to download this title for free starting on November 1st.

As we speculated about recently, Rockstar has released a HD version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the Xbox 360. The thing is that it is actually a port of the Android/iOS version of San Andreas that ported over to the Xbox 360.

Normally this would not be a big deal and while it looks good, it isn’t all that it could have been on the Xbox 360. Instead when viewed side-by-side it is a close match to the Android/iOS version of the game as the folks at Digital Foundry uncovered.

Besides the Achievements being added to this Xbox 360 version, it is a scaled up version from the 720p assets. The frame rate is locked at 30 fps, and currently there is no way to unlock the frame rate on the 360 version. Digital Foundry reports that there is some stuttering if frame rate dips below 30 fps.

Interestingly enough, publisher Take-Two Interactive is not ruling out of the possibility of a HD remastered version of all of the GTA titles.

TechLand who is best known for Dead Island, has been working on a new game called Dying Light which is the new Zombie sandbox game that they have been working on.

Originally it was scheduled for release on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC. By way of a Facebook post, the developers have confirmed that they have decided to drop the conversions of Dying Light for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 simply because the hardware is just unable to run the game due to the systems just not being powerful enough.

During testing it evidently became apparent that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 were just not powerful enough to run the game in a way that it would stay true to the core vision that the developers have for the game.

With the old systems now cast aside, Dying Light will be a true next-generation experience for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. The developers promise that next-generation version that is being released will not have any compromises and deliver the best experience across the three selected platforms. The game is still currently on track for release in January of 2015.

Sources have sounded off telling us that some are suggesting that if Microsoft does not have an exceptional sales cycle this holiday season that developers are going to stop developing software for the console.

While Microsoft is behind in sales with the Xbox One, we have spoken to several developers who have told us that right now it is far too early in the console’s release cycle to just give up on the Xbox One.

As one developer told us, “It is far too early to suggest that we are going to stop developing games for the Xbox One. While sales could be better, we have seen improvement and we think that many Xbox 360 owners have yet to upgrade and we believe that a good number of them will choose the Xbox One.”

Another developer told us, “We are committed to bring out titles out for both platforms. I am not sure how these things get started, but we have no intention to ending support no matter how Microsoft does on console sales this holiday season. The price of the console is still high and many still don’t see a need to upgrade just yet. We think there are more than enough people to see our games to on both platforms.

The cycle for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 has a long way to go. It is just too early for talk like this.

A leaked achievement list seems to indicate that the Xbox 360 is going to get some form of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas or so we are to believe.

It’s the ten year anniversary of San Andreas and Rockstar has released some content for GTA: Online to celebrate it. While it is possible that a digital only release is coming, so far we have heard nothing official so you might not want to get too excited just yet.

Microsoft’s Games with Gold for October will offer a couple of good titles for October on the Xbox 360 and something new for Xbox One.

Starting on October 1st the Xbox Live Gold subscribers can download Battlefield 2: Bad Company and that will be followed up by Darksiders 2 starting on October 16th till the end of the month. If you missed Bad Company 2, it for sure is worth a look and the same goes for Darksiders 2.

As for Xbox One Gold Subscribers, starting October 1st owners will be able to enjoy Chariot from Canadian developer Frima which comes to the console via the ID@Xbox independent developer program. We don’t know a lot about this one, but the launch trailer does look interesting. (If you have not snagged Super Time Force, you might want to pick it up quickly before the end of the month.) Apparently Microsoft has nothing else new that they are going to offer on the Xbox One for the month of October.

As with all Games with Gold titles, you have to be a current Xbox Live Gold subscriber to take advantage of being able to download these free games.

So you don’t have an Xbox 360 or you would like to replace your older Xbox 360, well this year’s Microsoft’s holiday bundles offer a number options for you to do so.

Microsoft has confirmed three holiday bundles this year with the big news being that two of them will include the new 500GB hard drive which is a step up from the previous 320GB model which was the largest drive you could get previously. The additional storage is nice to download all of those free Games with Gold titles that Microsoft has been giving away to 360 owners that are Xbox Live Gold subscribers.

The Xbox 360 500GB Holiday Value Bundle includes the latest Xbox 360 E with Call of Duty: Ghosts and Call of Duty: Black Ops II. You also get the console itself in black, 500GB hard drive, a wireless black controller, wired headset, and one month of Xbox Live Gold. It should be pointed out that both Call of Duty: Ghosts and Call of Duty: Black Ops II come as downloadable codes, so you will need an Internet connection of course to download these. All of this for only $249.

The second bundle is a Walmart exclusive. The Xbox 360 500GB Special Edition Blue Bundle is basically the same thing that the Xbox 360 500GB Holiday Value Bundle is except that it includes a special “blue” colored console and wireless controller. The Xbox 360 500GB Special Edition Blue Bundle is the same price as the regular Xbox 360 500GB Holiday Value Bundle at $249. If you like the artic blue color, then this is the bundle for you.

The third bundle is the Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Bundle that includes three games. The bundle includes the Xbox 360 console in black with 4GB of flash storage with no hard drive, black wireless controller, wired headset, Kinect sensor, 1 month of Xbox Live Gold, Forza Horizon, Kinect Adventures, and Kinect Sports. Like the Holiday Value Bundle, Forza Horizon, Kinect Adventures, and Kinect Sports are included as download codes, so you will need an Internet connection to download your free games and of course the storage space to do so. With all three games downloaded, we suspect you will be looking to add a hard drive soon, but there are a number of options both new and used to do this at a reasonable price.

We are hearing rumors that Microsoft is planning some sort of a bundle for the Xbox One, but we expect that we will hear about that in the October time frame. Microsoft will hope that the Xbox One bundle will help sales this holiday season, but don’t look for them to give away the store.

Surprise! Microsoft from out of nowhere has announced that they will be offering a new 500GB replacement hard drive for the Xbox 360 slim and E models. The best part of the news is that the 500GB replacement drive is $20 cheaper than the 320GB hard drive currently offered.

While we don’t yet have a release date for the 500GB add-on hard drive, we suspect that unlike the current 320GB hard drive offered by Microsoft currently, the 500GB will not likely include the bundled games that Microsoft was throwing in with the 320GB model. It is also unlikely that the 500GB hard drive will include a transfer cable for those who need to upgrade. The dual use (works with both the old and new hard drives) hard drive transfer cable continues to be available, but sold separately.

The move comes as Sony is set to standardize on a 500GB hard drive with the latest version of the PlayStation 3 that they are preparing to unveil in Japan. Once Sony works through what PS3 inventory is left, the new model with the 500GB drive will be the standard. Given this news, it is understandable that Microsoft would also want to offer a 500GB hard drive for the Xbox 360 as well.

It is unknown if Microsoft will move to condense the Xbox 360 offerings this holiday season or they will continue to offer a cheaper 4GB flash drive option without a hard drive, as well as with or without Kinect. No matter how this ends up, the news that Microsoft will be offering a 500GB drive is good news for those who need the space on their Xbox 360.

When it is released in North America, it is expected that the 500GB hard drive will retail for $109.99 according to our sources.